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TI Cycle annuel du peuplement macrobenthique du port d'Alger
OT Macrobenthic communities in Algiers harbour
BT 
AF REBZANIZAHAF, C
   BELLAN, G
   BAKALEM, A
   ROMANO, JC
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FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;
C1 CTR OCEANOL MARSEILLE,MARINE ENDOUME STN,CNRS,UA 041,F-13007 MARSEILLE,FRANCE
   INST SCI MER & AMENAGEMENT LITTORAL,WILL TIPAZZA,ALGERIA
C2 CTR OCEANOL MARSEILLE,MARINE ENDOUME STN,CNRS,UA 041,F-13007 MARSEILLE,FRANCE
   INST SCI MER & AMENAGEMENT LITTORAL,WILL TIPAZZA,ALGERIA
IF 0.662
TC 4
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00093/20458/18130.pdf
LA French
DT Article
DE ;macrobenthos;Algiers harbour;seasonal evolution
AB The impact of pollution on the macrobenthos was studied through a seasonal cycle by analysis of samples taken at 34 stations in the different basins of Algiers harbour (Mustapha, Agha and Vieux Port). Physical and chemical characteristics were measured in the water column (temperature, salinity, seston, dissolved oxygen) and sediment (pH). The faunistic composition of the stations was assessed according to the ecological significance of species or groups of species as determinants of pollution. There were close correlations between the physical and chemical characteristics at che stations and the spatial distribution of species and species assemblages. Seasonal variation in populations was most marked in Mustapha basin, less noticeable in Agha and weak in the Vieux Port. The benthic population was always more degraded in the inner part of the docks than in the outer basins. There is a very strong gradient of degradation from the northern entrance of the Vieux Port, where the macrobentic community is similar to that of the Bay of Algiers, to the innermost part of the docks, in Mustapha, which are macroscopically azoic.
PY 1997
SO Oceanologica Acta
SN 0399-1784
PU Gauthier-Villars
VL 20
IS 2
UT A1997XC24200010
BP 461
EP 477
ID 20458
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